[ISN] Report: NASA Vulnerable To Crippling Cyber Attacks

http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/128181/20110329/nasa-audit-cyber-attacks-cybercriminals-inspector-general.htm
By Gabriel Perna
International Business Times
March 29, 2011
The computer network NASA relies upon to carry out its billion dollar
missions is just like your Mac or PC at home; vulnerable to cyber
attacks.
NASA's servers contain vulnerabilities that could enable a cyberattack
to cripple the entire agency, according to a recent audit report from
The Office of the Inspector General. The report was an unflattering look
at NASA's internal computer security operations, as the Inspector
General recommended the agency expedite the implementation of a new
agency-wide program to oversee the network security problem.
"We found that computer servers on NASA's agency-wide mission network
had high-risk vulnerabilities that were exploitable from the Internet.
Specifically, six computer servers associated with IT assets that
control spacecraft and contain critical data had vulnerabilities that
would allow a remote attacker to take control of or render them
unavailable," said Inspector General Paul K. Martin, in the report.
According to Martin, the six servers were associated with IT projects
that control spacecraft or critical NASA data. The NASA computer network
is comprised of 190 IT systems, all vulnerable if a cybcercriminal got
past one entry point.
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